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SCA: security update for n8n (GHSA-777w-rpr6-c52h)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 445167

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - n8n before 2.30.1 and 2.29.8 assigns all Public API key scopes to JWTs issued through the Token Exchange
 module regardless of the acting user's role. On instances where the Token Exchange feature and Public API
 are enabled, a low-privileged user who can obtain a valid external JWT trusted by a configured issuer can
 use the resulting access token to invoke administrator-only Public API operations such as role escalation,
 user creation, and user deletion (role escalation requires an Advanced Permissions license), and, when
 unverified Community Package installation is enabled, achieve remote code execution. (CVE-2026-65595)

Solution

Update the n8n library and its related packages to version 2.29.8 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-777w-rpr6-c52h

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 445167

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 7/23/2026

Updated: 7/23/2026

Risk Information

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-65595

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.9

Threat Score: 6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:L/SA:L

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-65595

cwe: CWE-269